One killed, 11 injured during elections in SE Turkey
Clashes between two groups in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır during Sunday’s local elections left one dead and 11 people wounded, Turkish Minute reported,...
Turkey’s Erdoğan asked Trump to extradite Fethullah Gülen
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asked US President Donald Trump to extradite Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, and Trump promised to re-evaluate the...
Turkey keeps sick inmate in prison after repeated intensive care treatment
Sabri Kaya, an inmate in an Osmaniye detention facility with a heart condition, was sent back to prison after several visits to intensive care...
Turkey celebrates Teachers’ Day as tens of thousands of dismissed teachers jobless or in...
Turkey celebrates November 24 Teachers' Day amid the sufferings of tens of thousands of teachers who have been dismissed from their duties and even...
CoE to supervise Turkey’s execution of ECtHR judgments on Kavala, Demirtaş at quarterly meeting
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting to take place December 5-7, will address Turkey’s compliance with European Court...
Bomb threat in German town that cancelled Turkish minister’s speech
German police on Friday called for the evacuation of the city hall in the southwestern German town of Gaggenau after it received a bomb...
Turkish prosecutors close investigation into rape allegations involving 2 Ukrainian orphans
Turkish prosecutors have closed an investigation into allegations that two Ukrainian orphans, then aged 15 and 16, were repeatedly raped and impregnated by Turkish...
Turkish minister claims jailed journalist an agent hidden in German consulate for days
Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Sunday that Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who has been in a Turkish jail since February 2017, is...
Job candidate dies by suicide after controversial interview rejection despite top score
Doğuş Can Kavaklı, a 22-year-old who jumped to his death from the sixth floor of his dormitory in Samsun on October 2, had reportedly...
Turkish Medical Association condemns gender-based violence in new statement
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) issued a statement on Tuesday condemning gender-based violence and femicide, calling on Turkish authorities to act against increasing cases,...
Latest Reports
New report exposes widespread, systematic rights violations in Turkey’s crackdown on the Gülen movement
STOCKHOLM— The Stockholm Center for Freedom today released a new report, “UN Findings on Turkey’s Crackdown on the Gülen Movement: Widespread and Systematic Rights...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2025 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey in 2025, a year marked by continued democratic...
Weaponized Diplomacy: How Erdoğan Uses Turkish Missions for Transnational Repression
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This report reveals how the Turkish government has transformed its embassies and consulates into instruments of repression over the past decade. Once seen...
The Forgotten Victims: Children of Turkey’s Post-Coup Purge
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This report examines how children from families targeted in Turkey’s unprecedented post-coup purge have endured the devastating consequences of persecution, social exclusion and...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2024 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2024.
Throughout the year Turkey continued...
Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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This report examines the surge of hate speech following the death of Fethullah Gülen, a US-based cleric whose followers have been systematically persecuted...
Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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This report focuses on how the Turkish government, under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used family punishment against his opponents.
Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...